Device for cleaning combs.



No. 884,044. PATENTED APR. '7, 1908.

' W. T. RICE.

DEVICE FOR CLEANING COMES.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 16 1907.

. To all ed mm it may concern:

UNITED STATES rernr heron WILLIAn'j'r. RICE, or GRAVETTE, ARKANSAS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Eatented April 7, 1908. i

Application filed August 16, 1907. Serial No. 888,873.

I Be it known that 1, WILLIAM T. Emma citizen of the United States,residing at Gra vette, inlhe county of Benton and State of Arkansas,"have invented a new and useful Device for Cleaning Combs, of which thefollowing' is a specification.

This invention relates, to comb cleaning devices and its objedt 'istQQ'rovide a simple, durable, and attractive deft cc of this characterconstituting anefficient means for cleaning combs by removing therefromany dirt which inayaccltmulate between the teeth.

I A still further object is to provide a novel arrangement'of cleaningstrands whereby a lateral pressure is exerted thereb against the teethso'as to insure the re'mova of all accumulations therebetween when acomb is reciprocated upon the strands. V

A still further object is to provide a troughlike receiver for anyaccumulations which may be removed from the comb.

WVith these and 0' her objects in view the invention consists of :ertainnovel features of construction and combinations of parts which will behereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings is shown the preferred forrnof theinvention.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of the device. Iig. 2 is aside elevation. Fig. 3 is a transvr ."se section.

'Referring to tie figures by characters of reference, 1 designates thebody of the device,

the same being preferably provided with parallel side edges and having asuitably ornamented handle 2 at one end. Extending into the side ed esare a plurality of short slots 3 certain 0 which terminate in innerenlargements 4. I

Arranged longitudinally upon the center of the body are inclinedsupports 5 which are preferably braced by means of spacing blocks ormembers 6 interposed between the body and the supports and the upperedges of these supports have short slots 6 formed therein,v certain ofthe slots terminating in enlargements 7. Endcleats 8 are arrangedtransversely u on the bottom of the body 1 and interposet between thesecleats are longitudinally arranged slides 9 constituting-ted sioningdevices and the ends of which prefer- Each strip 9 is preferably reducedbetween its ends to form shoulders such as indicated at 10. A wire orthread 11 is wound around the supports ,5 in

i to protect said edges and give a more finished the body 1 and thecoils of the wire or thread are so positioned that one strand is seatedwithin each slot 6 while preferably four strands are seated within thoseI of the strands containing the inner enlargements 7. The enlargements 7within the two supports are alternately arrange-d e) that the strandsradiating from the enlargedslots in one of the supports alternate withand constitute certain of the strands radiating from the enlarged slotsin the other support, as has been clearly indicated in Fig. 1. Thoseportions of the wires between the supports and the slotted edges of thebody 1 are grou ed so that certain of them radiate from t e ens largedportions 4. of the slots while the others .are seated in those slotswhich are not en'- larged. The strands extend transversely of. thestrips 9 and allportion's of the thread or wire are designed to slifreely through the various slots in whic they Q are. seated. Should thestrands become slack the can be readily tightened simpl by sliding t 1estri s 9 toward the edges of t 1e body 1. This w result in thesimultaneous tensioning of all of the strands connecting the sup orts"5.A channeled strip 12 is refera' ly secured upon the upper edges of t esupports 5 so as ap earance to the article. I

n'usin the device a comb is placed above placed substantially parallelWithfthe edges of these supports. he teeth are inserted between thestrands and the combris reciprd the troug formed by the supports 5 andis cated laterally. As a result of the peculiar ar 7 rangem'ent of thestrands this movement of the comb will result in the strands producing awiping action upon the adjoining faces of the teeth and theaccumulations freed from the comb will drop into the trough.

What is claimed is: 1. A device of the character described comprising abody having a trough thereon, a continuous flexible element wrappedtransversely around the trough and body, those portions of the elementextending across the trough constituting comb wiping means, and slidablemeans interposed between said element and the body for tensioning allportions of the element simultaneously.

2. The combination with a body having a trough thereon, the edgeportions of the trough and body being slotted; of a'continnous flexibleelement wrapped around the trough and body and seated within the slots,

that portion 0f the. element file tmug'gx constituting comb Wi a,finishin strip unon each slam the smug and s idabie means mvaen the bodyanti the flsxibl f a multaneousiy tensioning ail p4;

in the presence 0'? two wifinesses.

WILLIAM T. RICE.

Witnessas H. P. C. H,

hams, EWKEEP.

